Water-motor



(No Model.)

C. W. HORTON.

WATER MOTOR.

No. 595,246 Patented Deo. 7, 1897.

WITNESSES LN' V'EJV' TOR. W QM x 21/. W.

a, W .Attorney Nrrh STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. HORTON, OF BLAKESLEE, OIIIO.

WATER-M OTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent No. 595,246, dated December 7, 1897.

Application filed April 15, 1897. $erial No. 632,241. (No model.)

To ((,ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. HonToN, a citizen of the United States,'residing at Blakeslee, in the county of lVilliams and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVater-Motors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention rola-tes to new and useful improvements in water-motors; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereina'fter fully set forth, and pointed out particularly in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a motor capable of attachment with the bow of a boat below its water-line, said motor consistingofapropeller-wheel, shafts, and gears, which are adapted to be run by coming in contact with the water while the boat is under m otion, means being also provided by which the amount of water admitted for operation upon the wheel may be regulated, thus affecting the speed and power of the motor, which object is attained by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichp Figure 1 is a plan view of the motor-case as it appears attached to the point of aboathull. Fig. 2 is a Vertical longitudinal section through the motor. Fig. 3 is a front elevation showing particularly the means for regulating the fiow of water to the operative parts.

Referring to the numerals of reference, l designates the motor-casing, which is substantially Y shape in plan, said casing havin g perforated wings 2 formed integral therewith, by means of which it maybe secured to the boat-hull.

Extending across the interior of portion 1 of the casing from the top thereof to the bottom is a framework 3, in the center of which a .suitable bearing-box is mounted, in which box a counter-shaft 4 is journaled, said shaft being provided with collars 5, secured thereto, one upon either side of said framework 3, which hold said shaft from longitudinal movement.

Mounted upon the outer end of shaft 4 is a propeller-wheel 6, and mounted upon the inner end thereof is a miter-gear 7, the diameter of said propeller being such that it will nearly fill the circular portion 1 of the casing.

8 indicates a Vertical shaft, its lower end being reduced in diameter and adapted to rest in the upper end of a post 9, by which construction it is securely held in position. Mounted upon said shaft 8 in such position as to mesh with niiter-gear 7 is a corresponding gear 10. w

The front end of portion 1 of the casing is provided with a damper-like device or valve, one portion 11 of which is stationary, said stationary portion having a corresponding portion 12 pivoted centrally thereto. Secured at opposite sides of the movable member 12 are Operating rods or cables 13 and 14, by the apparent operation of which the solid portions of the members 11 and 12 may be caused to register with one another and thus regulate the opening between said members.

It will now be seen thatif the boatto which this motor is attached be put under headway and the rods 13 and 14 operated to open the entrance of the propeller-chamber water will pour thereinto, and as it impinges upon the blades of the propeller-wheel said wheel will be rotated in a degree corresponding to the extent of the opening and the water admitted. It will also be seen that as the propeller 6 is rotated its rotary motion will be communicated to gear 7 through counter-shaft 4 and thence to shaft 8 through gear 10. Said shaft 8 is adapted to extend upward into the boat and the power therefrom to be utilized to drive yentilating-fans, operate air-pumps for fog-horns, or such other purposes as found desirable and of which the motor is capable. After the water has entered the propellerchamber and passed to the operative'parts it passes outward through the bifurcated portion or hollow wings 15 and 1G, by which coustruction Very little retardation of'the boatis progress is incurred.

It will be seen that by the construction and arrangement of parts hereinbefore set forth a cheap, simple, and durable motor is pro- Vided and one which is capable of .furnishing needed power at little or no expense, as the wear is Very slight and the parts are not IOO -rated attaching-plates 2 forming a port-ion of said bifnrcated portions, the framework 3 10- cated in said casing, said framework having;

a counter-shaft 4= journaled therein,` the propelier-wheel 6 at the forward end of said. counter-shaft and the miter-gear at the rea'r' end thereof, the post 9 rising from the bottom of the casing,l the Vertical shaft 8, the lower end of said shaft jonrn'a-l'edin said post 9; a-n'd' the miter-gear seclrred toisaid Vertical shaft -n' such position asV to normal'l'y mesh with gear 7, snbstantially as shown and describe'd.

2. In awater-motor, the combination of the t Y-shaped casing7 the framework 3 therein, the counter-shaft j ournaled in said framework, a propeller-wheel at the forward end of said eounter-shaft and the miter-gear atithe rear, eoilars secured to said shaft at the sides of said framework, the gear 10 and shaft 8 for transmitting power from said eonnter-shaft -iand propeller, and the damper-like valve in front of said propeller, said Valve oonsisting 'of parts 11 and 12, and the cables 13 and 14 q connected with the movable member of said Valve, all substantiaiiy as shown and descri'bed for the purpose set forth.

In testirnony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of twoA witnesses.

CHARES W. HORT'ON.

Witncsses L'. S. KNIGHT, W. O; HOWARD'. 

